Suitable For Cherries?

[lilfishie]

i have always loved Cherry Shrimp so am thinking about getting some, the thing is which tank they all have sand substrate and are planted to some degree so which tank would be best for some shrimp, if any

Tank 1: 30 Gal (26 Deg) average planting Fluval U3 filter (thinking they will get sucked in here?) Female Bettas, Swordtails, Copland Tetra, GBR, Bronce/Sterbai Cories, SAE, L52 Pleco.

Tank 2: 15 Gal (24 Deg) heavy planted sponge filter. Betta Falx, Trili/Pygmy Cories, Bulldog Pleco.

Tank 3: 8 Gal (divided) (24-26 Deg) average planted sponge filter each side. Male Bettas

Tank 4: Same as above ^^


Personally i am thinking Tank 2, i could remove youngsters if they get snacked on (only the 4 fish to do so) to one of many fry tanks

 

[emma12321]

i'd go for tank 2 tho the bettas will most likely eat them, my shrimp are just in a 2ft tank with some wild guppies, pygmy corys, weizmani corys and bristlenose plecs,i think i would get more babies if i took the bigger corys out

 

[lilfishie]

thats what i thought, the Falx will probably eat a few babies but that wouldn't bother me, there fine with the Pygmy's and one of them is tiny

theres plenty of moss for them to hide in and bogwood

 

[saltynay]

I would actually take the bettas out of there tanks move the scenery around then add the shrimp give them an hour to adjust then add the betta. The betta will believe it has been transported to a new area and the shrimp are a natural inhabitant of the new area not a threat coming in to his territory.

 

[lilfishie]

Thanks for the advice Saltynay, i will certainly try to remove them although there pains to catch and buggers for jumping however they were the first fish in the tank and have had no problems adding the rest